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Jakob Dinesen, Anders Christensen, Laust Sonne, Blessings | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Danes are coming! The Danes are coming! Blessings, the new jazz trio recording from sax player Jakob Dinesen, bassist Anders Christensen and drummer Laust Sonne made me [...]

Michael Whalen, Future Shock | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 14, 2021 // 0 Comments

Future Shock, the new album by keyboardist/composer Michael Whalen, comes at you from so many directions that you’ll wonder what it is, other than good and snappy and [...]

Matty Stecks & Persiflage, Night Cravings | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

Jazz isn’t meant to be precise or carefully thought out, which seems like an obvious statement. When you hear something like Matty Stecks & Persiflage’s new [...]

Matt Panayides, Field Theory | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

Contemporary jazz, by design, can be easily divided into things you’ve heard before and things you haven’t heard before. If that sounds like oversimplifying, and [...]

Little North, Finding Seagulls | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 6, 2021 // 1 Comment

I’ve come to the realization that I like my jazz on the soft side. I’m not talking about lite jazz or soft jazz or any of that twinkly keyboard stuff, nor am I [...]

Steve Gadd Band at Blue Note Tokyo | The Vinyl Anachronist

March 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

I can imagine a hardcore Steely Dan fan, one who probably does agree with that popular YouTube video that makes the case for Steve Gadd’s drum solo in “Aja” [...]

Satoko Fujii’s Hazuki | The Vinyl Anachronist

March 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

Satoko Fujii’s Hazuki is here, and I’ve suddenly realized this Japanese pianist puts out a lot of recordings. Just in the last few months I’ve [...]

Kane Mathis, Geminus | The Vinyl Anachronist

March 4, 2021 // 1 Comment

This new album from Kane Mathis (website) leapt out at me barely five seconds into the first track and started conjuring wintry images and ideas. It reminded me of a dark and [...]

Melbreeze, I Love Paris | The Vinyl Anachronist

February 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

Melbreeze (website) is a singer who was born and raised in Turkey but now lives in the United States, and she has certainly found a niche for herself in contemporary jazz. I [...]

Yoko Miwa Trio, Songs of Joy | The Vinyl Anachronist

February 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

It’s curious that the new album from the Yoko Miwa Trio (website) is titled Songs of Joy. For example, would you consider the Zeppelin classic “Babe I’m [...]